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PATEN 
Customer No. 22,852 
Attorney Docket No. 9090.0003-01 

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 

RECEIVED 

NiAK i 7 MM 

Technology Cento ^ 



In re Application of: 
Dan Martin Scott et al. 
Application No.: 09/821,638 
Filed: March 29, 2001 



Group Art Unit: 2672 
Examiner: Javid A. Amini 



For: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 
GEOREFERENCING DIGITAL 
RASTER MAPS 

Commissioner for Patents 
Washington, DC 20231 

Sir: 



REVOCATION OF ORIGINAL POWER OF ATTORNEY 
AND GRANT OF NEW POWER OF ATTORNEY 

The undersigned, a representative authorized to sign on behalf of the assignee 
owning all of the interest in this patent application, hereby revokes all previous powers 
of attorney or authorization of agent granted in this application before the date of 
execution hereof. The undersigned verifies that SourceProse Corporation is the 
assignee of the entire right, title, and interest in the patent application identified above 
by virtue of an assignment from the inventor recorded in the U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office at Reel 01 1674, Frame 0233. The undersigned certifies that the evidentiary 
documents have been reviewed and to the best of the undersigned's knowledge and 
belief, title is in the name of SourceProse Corporation. Attached is a photocopy of the 
Notice of Recordation of Assignment issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 
together with a photocopy of the recorded Assignment. The undersigned hereby grants 



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its power of attorney to FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & 
DUNNER, LLP., Douglas B. Henderson, Reg. No. 20,291; Ford F. Farabow, Jr., Reg. 
No. 20,630; Arthur S. Garrett, Reg. No. 20,338; Donald R. Dunner, Reg. No. 19,073; 
Brian G. Brunsvold, Reg. No. 22,593; Tipton D. Jennings, IV, Reg. No. 20,645; Jerry D. 
Voight, Reg. No. 23,020; Laurence R. Hefter, Reg. No. 20,827; Kenneth E. Payne, Reg. 
No. 23,098; Herbert H. Mintz, Reg. No. 26,691; C. Larry O'Rourke, Reg. No. 26,014; 
Albert J. Santorelli, Reg. No. 22,610; Michael C. Elmer, Reg. No. 25,857; Richard H. 
Smith, Reg. No. 20,609; Stephen L. Peterson, Reg. No. 26,325; John M. Romary, Reg. 
No. 26,331 ; Bruce C. Zotter, Reg. No. 27,680; Dennis P. O'Reilley, Reg. No. 27,932; 
Allen M. Sokal, Reg. No. 26,695; Robert D. Bajefsky, Reg. No. 25,387; Richard L. 
Stroup, Reg. No. 28,478; David W. Hill, Reg. No. 28,220; Thomas L. Irving, Reg. No. 
28,619; Charles E. Lipsey, Reg. No. 28,165; Thomas W. Winland, Reg. No. 27,605; 
Basil J. Lewris, Reg. No. 28,818; Martin I. Fuchs, Reg. No. 28,508; E. Robert Yoches, 
Reg. No. 30,120; Barry W. Graham, Reg. No. 29,924; Susan Haberman Griffen, Reg. 
No. 30,907; Richard B. Racine, Reg. No. 30,415; Thomas H. Jenkins, Reg. No. 30,857; 
Robert E. Converse, Jr., Reg. No. 27,432; Clair X. Mullen, Jr., Reg. No. 20,348; 
Christopher P. Foley, Reg. No. 31,354; Roger D. Taylor, Reg. No. 28,992; John C. Paul, 
Reg. No. 30,413; David M. Kelly, Reg. No. 30,953; Kenneth J. Meyers, Reg. No. 
25,146; Carol P. Einaudi, Reg. No. 32,220; Walter Y. Boyd, Jr., Reg. No. 31,738; 
Steven M. Anzalone, Reg. No. 32,095; Jean B. Fordis, Reg. No. 32,984; Barbara C. 
McCurdy, Reg. No. 32,120; James K. Hammond, Reg. No. 31,964; Richard V. 
Burgujian, Reg. No. 31,744; J. Michael Jakes, Reg. No. 32,824; Thomas W. Banks, 
Reg. No. 32,719; Christopher P. Isaac, Reg. No. 32,616; Bryan C. Diner, Reg. No. 



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32,409; M. Paul Barker, Reg. No. 32,013; Andrew Chanho Sonu, Reg. No. 33,457; 
David S. Forman, Reg. No. 33,694; Vincent P. Kovalick, Reg. No. 32,867; James W. 
Edmondson, Reg. No. 33,871; Michael R. McGurk, Reg. No. 32,045; Joann M. Neth, 
Reg. No. 36,363; Gerson S. Panitch, Reg. No. 33,751; Cheri M. Taylor, Reg. No. 
33,216; Charles E. Van Horn, Reg. No. 40,266; Linda A. Wadler, Reg. No. 33,218; 
Jeffrey A. Berkowitz, Reg. No. 36,743; Michael R. Kelly, Reg. No. 33, 921; James B. 
Monroe, Reg. No. 33,971 ; Doris Johnson Hines, Reg. No. 34,629; Lori Ann Johnson, 
Reg. No. 34,498; R. Bruce Bower, Reg. No. 37,099; John Rissman, Reg. No. 33,764; 
Therese A. Hendricks, Reg. No. 30,389; Leslie I. Bookoff, Reg. No. 38,084; Michele C. 
Bosch, Reg. No. 40,524; Michael J. Flibbert, Reg. No. 33,234; Scott A. Herbst, Reg. No. 
35,189; Leslie A. McDonell, Reg. No. 34,872; Thalia V. Warnement, Reg. No. 39,064; 
Ronald A. Bleeker, Reg. No. 27,773; Kathleen A. Daley, Reg. No. 36,116; C. Gregory 
Gramenopoulos, Reg. No. 36,532; Anthony M. Gutowski, Reg. No. 38,742; Yitai Hu, 
Reg. No. 40,653; Lionel M. Lavenue; Reg. No. 46,859; Christine E. Lehman, Reg. No. 
38,535; and Leonard Smith, Jr., Reg. No. 45,1 18 both jointly and separately as their 
attorneys with full power of substitution and revocation to prosecute this application and 
to transact all business in the Patent and Trademark Office connected therewith, and to 
receive the Letters Patent. 



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Please send all future correspondence concerning this application to Finnegan, 

Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. at the following address: 

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, 
Garrett & Dunner, LLP. 
1300 I Street, N.W. 



Dated: 




CEO, FloodSource, a subsidiary of 
SourceProse Corp. 



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JUNE 19, 2001 



PTAS 



JACKSON WALKER 
STEVEN W. THRASHER 

243 5 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, STE . 
RICHARDSON, TX 75 080 



600 



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UNITED STAtES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
Patent and Trademark Office 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND COMMISSIONER 
OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS 
Washington, D.C. 20231 



*101704298A* 



UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
NOTICE OF RECORDATION OF ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT 



THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RECORDED BY THE ASSIGNMENT DIVISION OF 
THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE. A COMPLETE MICROFILM COPY IS 
AVAILABLE AT THE ASSIGNMENT SEARCH ROOM ON THE REEL AND FRAME NUMBER 
REFERENCED BELOW. 



PLEASE REVIEW ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS NOTICE. THE 
INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS RECORDATION NOTICE REFLECTS THE DATA 
PRESENT IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM. IF YOU SHOULD 
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CONTACT THE EMPLOYEE WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THIS NOTICE AT 703-308-9723. 
PLEASE SEND REQUEST FOR CORRECTION TO: U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, 
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RECORDATION DATE: 03/29/2001 REEL/FRAME: 011674/0233 

NUMBER OF PAGES: 2 

BRIEF: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS) 



ASSIGNOR: 

SCOTT, DAN MARTIN 

ASSIGNOR: 

HIGGINS, DARIN WAYNE 

ASSIGNEE: 

PROVAR INCORPORATED 

6751 RUFE SNOW DR., SUITE 350 

WATAUGA, TEXAS 7 6148 

SERIAL NUMBER:. 09821638 
PATENT NUMBER: 



DOC DATE: 03/28/2001 

DOC DATE: 03 /2 8 /2 oR E C EIVF Q 

(ViHh I 7 'L. s 

Technology Cente, ,-COQ 

FILING DATE: 03/29/2001 
ISSUE DATE: 



PAULA MCCRAY, EXAMINER - 
ASSIGNMENT DIVISION 
OFFICE OF PUBLIC RECORDS 



JUN 2 5 2001 



FORM PTO-1 595 ^ <5 7R .4 

Docket Number: 108344.00011 




04-17-2001 



1 01 704298 

Patents Only 



U.S. Department of Commerce 
Patent and Trademark Office 



To the Asst Commissioner for Patents. Please record the attached original documents or copy thereof. 



1 . Name of conveying partyfies): 

Dan Martin Scott 
Darin Wayne Higgins 



2. Name and Address of receiving party(ies): 
Name: Provar Incorporated 

Address: 6751 Rufe Snow Dr. , Suite 350 

City: Watauga, Texas 76148 

Country: United States of America 

Additional name(s) & address(es) attached? Yes X 



No 



3. Nature of Conveyance: 
X Assignment 

Security Agreement 

Other 



. Merger 

_ Change of Name 



Execution Date: _March 28, 2001_ 



4. Application number(s) or patent number(s). 

_X__ This document is being filed together with a new application. 

Execution date of the application _March 29, 2001 




Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOREFERENCING DIGITAL RASTER MAPS 
A. Patent Application No.(s) B Patent No.(s) 

S.N 

Additional number attached? Yes X No Additional numbers attached? Yes 



No 



5. Name and address of party to whom correspondence 
concerning document should be mailed: 

Steven W. Thrasher 
Jackson Walker LLP 

2435 North Central Expressway, Suite 600 
Richardson, TX 75080 
Tel: (972)744-2904 



6. Number of applications and patents involved: (1)_ 



7. Amount of fee : $40 



8. Deposit Account No: 50-1752 



DO NOT USE THIS SPACE 



9. Statement and signature. 

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the foregoing information is true and correct and any attached copy is a true copy of the 
original document. 



Date 




GT0N11 OOOOOOE'o 038ci&38 

40.00 



Steven W. Thrasher Reg. No. 43,192 
Total Number of Pages Including Cover Sheet, Attachments and Document 2 

RECEIVED 

MAR Z 7 2003 

Technology Center 2600 




3: JWDOCS 2629824 



ATTORNEY S DOCKET NO. 

108344. O0011 



ASSIGNMENT 



WHEREAS, 1, the undersigned inventor (or one of the undesigned joint inventors), of residence as listed, having invented 
certain new and useful improvements as below entitled, for which application for United States Letters Patent is made, the said application 
having been executed on the date aci fonh below; and 

WHEREAS, PROVAR INCORPORATED, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, with its 
principal office at 6731 Rufe Snow Drive, Suite 330, Watauga, Tcus 76148, is desirous of acquiring my crime right, tide and inter cit in 
and to the said invention, and to the said application and any Letters Patent thai may issue thereon; 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I hereby sell and 
■»ign to the aaid PROVaR rNCORPORATED, its successors and assigns . my entire right, title and intcrcai in and to the said invention 
and in to the aaid application and all patents which may be granted therefor, and all divisions, reissues, substitutions, continuations, and 
extensions thereof; and 1 hereby authorize and request the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to issue All patent 6 for said invention, 
or patent resulting therefrom, insofar as my interest is concerned, to the aaid PROVAR INCORPORATED aa assignee of my entire right, 
title and interest. 



[ also hereby sell and assign to PROVAR INCORPORATED, its successors and assigns, my foreign rights to the invennon 
disclosed in said application, in all countries of the world, including the right to file applications and obtain patents under the terms of the 
International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, and of the European Patent Convention, and further agree to execute any 
and all patent applications, assignments, affidavits, and any other papers in connection therewith necessary La perfect such patent rights. 

I hereby further agree thai I will communicate to aaid PROVAR INCORPORATED or to its successors, assigns, and legal 
representatives, any facts known to rac respecting said invention, and at the expense of said assignee company, testify in any legal 
proceedings, sign all lawful papers, execute all divisional, continuation, reissue and substitute applications, make all lawful oaths, and 
generally do everything possible to aid said PROVAR INCORPORATED, its successors, assigns and nominees to obtain and enforce 
proper patent protection for said invention in all countries. 

IN WITNESS WHBREOP. I hereunto set hand and seal this day and year, 



TITLE 
OF 

INVENTION 


SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOREFERJENCING DIGITAL RASTER 
MAPS 


SIGNATURE 
OF 

INVENTOR 
AND NAME 


Dan Martin Scott 


Darin Wayne Higgins 


(3) 


DATE 


3/2? /aoo ( 






RESIDENCE 
(City, County, State) 


Irving, Dallas, Texas 


Fort Worth, Tarrant. 
Texas 




DATE APPLICATION 
EXECUTED 









After recording return Assignment to: 



Steven W. Thrasher 
Jackson Walker LLP 

2435 North Central Expressway, Suiie 600 
Richardson, TX 75080